Grows best in full sun in an acidic, poor soil. Deep taproot makes it drought tolerant. Very rugged, long-lived perennial that produce pealike flowers in the color range of white, creamy-yellow to bright blue to purple on spikes to three feet tall. Babtisia is sometime referred to as the "redneck lupine" of the South because baptisia is somewhat similar to the beautiful lupines that grow in the northeast and in other cooler climates.